Around the Garden

Keep an eye on peach and nectarine trees, ornamental as well as the fruiting varieties, for the first sign of pink in the buds. As soon as you notice this, spray for curly leaf immediately.

Almonds can be sprayed for shot hole and apricots for brown scale, scab, gummosis and shot hole at bud swell.

Root crops like carrots, parsnips, swedes and turnips don’t do well in freshly-manured soil, needing plenty of organic matter to thrive. Plant them in a bed that has previously grown cabbages, silver beet or lettuce.

New release

If you are looking for a plant that is a little different, check out Coprosma ‘Pacific Sunrise’.

This shrub grows to about one metre high and has very striking hot-pink foliage tinged with chocolate-brown highlights.